From an offensive-minded head coach to a new set of receivers Cheap Customized Dallas Cowboys Jerseys , the Chicago Bears have spent the offseason adding pieces to help Mitchell Trubisky develop into the franchise quarterback they believe he can become.

It's easy to envision them continuing along that path with the No. 8 pick in the draft on Thursday. Then again, maybe a potential difference-maker on defense is the way they go.

"I the needs of this team are pretty defined," ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. said.

General manager Ryan Pace said the Bears have identified eight players the Bears are comfortable taking with the eighth pick.

Notre Dame guard Quenton Nelson and Georgia linebacker Roquan Smith would appear to be strong possibilities for the Bears, assuming they are still on the board.

The 6-foot-5, 329-pound Nelson would fill a void the Bears created by letting four-time Pro Bowler Josh Sitton go.

With his size and strength, Nelson would help protect Trubisky and create space for the running backs. It doesn't hurt, either, that Bears line coach Harry Hiestand was his position coach in college.

Smith would also be an intriguing possibility with his speed and quickness.

"If you can get him at 8, great," Kiper said. "Nelson's also one of the best three or four or five players in this draft. But he's a guard. I value the linebacker over the guard."

Pace clearly values Trubisky.

Pace staked his reputation to the quarterback by trading up a spot with San Francisco to draft him No. 2 overall last year and made it clear the No. 1 priority this offseason was to improve his supporting cast.

The Bears hired an offensive-minded coach in Matt Nagy to replace the fired John Fox and revamped the receiving group, most notably signing free agent Allen Robinson.

Whether they go offense or defense in the first round, the Bears need to hit on the pick. After all, Chicago has made the playoffs just one time since the 2006 team's Super Bowl run and has four straight seasons with 10 or more losses.

Here are some things to know heading into the draft:

KEY ACQUISITIONS

While the Robinson signing is the headline move of the offseason so far, he's not the only new target for Trubisky.

The Bears also signed the speedy Taylor Gabriel, and brought in Bennie Fowler after deciding not to match New Orleans' offer sheet for Cameron Meredith. They added a versatile tight end, too 鈥?Trey Burton. He threw a memorable touchdown pass to quarterback Nick Foles in Philadelphia's Super Bowl over New England.

CATCHING ON

The Bears could still use help at wide receiver, something they might try to address on the second or third day. Pace was part of a front office in New Orleans that found some good players in the later rounds and on the undrafted free agent market.

The Saints got six 1 Rashaan Evans Titans Jersey ,000-yard seasons in 10 years out of Marques Colston after drafting the Hofstra product in the seventh round in 2006. Lance Moore, undrafted out of Toledo, had 346 receptions for 4,281 yards and 38 touchdowns for New Orleans from 2006-13.

"There's a lot of things that you value with the receivers," Pace said. "They can be different animals small, big, good route runners, speed guys but I would say the trait that has to be there is good hands, natural hands."

PICK 'EM

Along with the No. 8 pick, the Bears have one second-rounder and two in the fourth. They also have one each in the fifth, sixth and seventh. But they don't have a third-round pick.

SPOTTY MARK

Pace has an uneven record drafting in the first round.

Oft-injured receiver Kevin White has been a bust since Pace took him with the No. 7 pick in 2015. Limited to five games, the West Virginia product has 21 catches for 193 yards.

Linebacker Leonard Floyd and Trubisky have flashed some promise, but have room to improve.

HITS, MISSES AND BARGAINS

While White is a huge miss, Pace hit in a big way in the second and fifth rounds in 2016.

He grabbed Cody Whitehair in the second round, landing a big contributor at both guard and center not to mention an emerging leader. In the fifth round, Pace took running back Jordan Howard out of Indiana. All he has done is run for 2 Fred Warner Jersey Elite ,435 yards, though his struggles catching the ball could be an issue in Nagy's system.

Pace got another bargain running back last season when he drafted Tarik Cohen in the fourth round. He had 370 yards rushing and 353 receiving as a rookie.

Marcel Hirscher capped his stellar season by securing an unprecedented seventh overall World Cup title on Sunday.

Dominating the penultimate slalom of the season, the two-time Olympic champion from Austria stretched his lead over his only remaining rival, Henrik Kristoffersen, to 289 points. The Norwegian, a specialist in technical races, cannot overtake Hirscher because he will only compete in two more events this season.

”This is so surreal, I can’t believe it,” said Hirscher, who also locked up the slalom and GS titles this weekend, two weeks before the season-ending races in Sweden.

”Now I am going for one week vacation to Are,” he quipped. ”That is always really nice because the stress has gone away.”

Building on a big first-leg lead of 0.82-seconds over Kristoffersen, Hirscher did not hold back in his final run and extended the margin to 1.22 seconds, a country mile in the sport. Ramon Zenhaeusern of Switzerland was 1.61 behind in third, while Olympic champion Andre Myhrer, who was third after the opening run, dropped to 24th.

Shortly after finishing and with his skis still clipped on Cheap Logan Woodside Jersey , Hirscher fell on his back and celebrated the victory.

”Incredible. You can’t believe it’s possible,” he said after becoming the first skier in the 51-year history of the World Cup to win seven overall titles. No other male skier has won more than five, and fellow Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proell won six times on the women’s circuit in the 1970s.

Sunday’s also gave Hirscher this year’s slalom title with a race to spare, a day after he also locked up the season-long title in the giant slalom.

”With all the problems before the season started, with the broken ankle, it is… I can’t find the right words. It is very surreal,” said Hirscher, who missed all of his pre-season preparation after fracturing his ankle while straddling a gate on his first training day on snow in August.

”The summer really wasn’t easy. It went from a possible end of career to my best season,” Hirscher said after Sunday’s win, his 12th of the World Cup season and 57th overall.

Last month in Pyeongchang, Hirscher crowned his illustrious career by adding the only prize he was missing – Olympic gold. He won the combined event and the giant slalom, but came up short as clear favorite in the slalom, where he went out in the opening run.

”I don’t know, to be honest,” Hirscher said when asked about his next goals. ”I am happy to go home now and enjoy this. I have to make up my mind where my journey goes next.”

Hirscher said the ongoing rivalry with Kristoffersen, who beat the Austrian for the slalom title two years ago, has enabled him to further raise his level.

”Hats off Jaguars Ronnie Harrison Jersey , the future belongs to this young man,” Hirscher said about the 23-year-old Norwegian. ”He has made it really tough. He performed, performed, performed, and made no mistakes so I had to bring something extra all the time.”

Kristoffersen, who performed a deep bow to Hirscher at the prize giving ceremony after Sunday’s race, called the Austrian ”the best ski racer in the world.”

”So it’s OK for me to be second. At the moment he is just better, so it’s OK when he wins the slalom globe, the GS globe, the overall globe,” Kristoffersen said.

The men’s World Cup continues with a downhill and a super-G in Kvitfjell, Norway, next weekend.